Invalid-bed.



J. B. FRD. INVALID BBD. APPLIOATIoH FILED Nov. ze. 1909.

'Patented July 5, 1910.

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Application filed November 29, 1909.

To alt whom it may concern:

leitknown that i, JonN l. Fono, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jeffersontown, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Invalid-Beds, of which the following a specification.

rlhis invention has for its object to pro` vide an invalid bed embodying certain novel structural details to be hereinafter' described and claimed.

lt is also the object of the invention to provide a device in the nature of an attachment for an ordinary bedstead, whereby the latter is changed to an invalid bed.

T he invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whiche- Figure 1 is a plan view of the bed, and Fig. 2 an elevation, partly in section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, 5 denotes the side rails, and 6 the corner posts of an ordinary iron bedstead. The side rails are l.- shaped in cross-section, one of the iianges thereof extending inwardly and horizontally. On the inwardly extending flanges of the side rails are removably supported bars 7 extending in the direction of the length of the bedstead. @n these bars is mounted a spring bed-bottom comprising a head section 8, a foot section 5), and an intermediate section 10, the head and foot sections being hinged to the intermediate section, as indicated at 11, so that the head sect-ion may be swung upwardly, and the foot section downwardly. The intermediate section is rigidly fastened to the bars 7. rlhe head and foot sections are made slightly narrower than the intermediate section, so that they are free to swing between the bars 7.

On the bed-bottoni is mounted a mattress, which is also in sect-ions, the same comprising a head section 12, a foot section 13, and an intern'iediate section 1a. These sections coincide with the bed-bottom sections, they being also hinged together, as indicated at 15, so that the head section 12 may swing upwardly with the bed-bottom section 8, and the foot section 18 downwardly with the foot section 9 of the bed-bottom.

rhe following means are provided for raising and lowering the head sections of the mattress and the bed-bottom: Extending transversely of the bedstead, and journaled in the bars z, is a shaft 1G, carrying Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1910.

serial No. 530,360.

intermediate its ends a pair of arms which are joined at their outer ends to form a bail 17, said arms being rigidly fastened to the shaft, or formed integral therewith, and eX- tending beneath the bed-bottom section S. On one end of the shaft is fitted a crank handle 1S, and a ratchet wheel 19, the latter having its teeth engageable by a springpressed bolt or pawl 2O slidably mounted in guides on one of the bars 7. The ratchet and bolt are provided for locking the shaft. Upon turning the shaft 16 in one direction, by means of the crank handle 18, after releasing the bolt 20, the bail 17 swings upwardly, and upon engaging the head section S, elevates the same together with the head section 12, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. he parts are locked in this position by the bolt. lVhen the shaft is turned in the opposite direction, the bail swings downwardly, whereupon the parts lower, and are restored to their normal horizontal position. The foot sections of the bed-bottom and mattress are lowered and elevated by means of a shaft 22, provided with a bail, an operating, and a locking device, the same as the ones already described. The shaft also extends trans-versely of the bedstead, and is jonrnaled in the bars 7. The bars 7 are higher than the vertical tianges of the side rails and rise a sufficient distance above the latter to permit the shafts 1G and 22 to cX- tend across above the rails withoutl interference thereby.

in the intermediate sections of the mattress and the bed-bottom, are registering openings 23, the opening of the mattress being closed by a removable air cushion pad 2e fitting snugly therein to effect a tight closure. ln these openings is mounted a funnel or hopper-shaped vessel 25, which is porcelain lined. Beneath the discharge end of the vessel is placed a vessel 2G to receive the discharge. To the vessel 25 is connected a flushing-.hose 27 in order that it may be thoroughly cleansed.

By the structure herein described, a cheap and sanitary bed attachment is had, which can be readily applied to any ordinary iron bedstead, and by the adjustable head and foot sections, the occupant of the bed can be placed in the most convenient position for using the vessel 25, the sections being readily adfnsted to any angle.

I claim:

The couibimition with a bedstead having side rails provided with inwardly extending the shaft beneath the adjustable sections, 10 horizontal flanges; of longitudinal bars reand means for rotating the shaft. movably mounted on said flanges, and rising In testimony whereof' I affix my signature above the rails, a bedlbottom carried by the in presence of two Witnesses.

5 bars, and having an ac justable section swin w ing between the bars, a shaft journaled ign JOHN B' BORD' that portion of the bars located above the Witnesses: side rails, and extending across the bedstead THEO. C. SNIVELY, above the side rails, an arm extending from R. W. COLE. 

